Hinge for swinging sashes



(No Model.)

0. J. CLARKE.

EINGE FOR SWINGING SASHES.

Patented Mar. 8, 1898.

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CHARLES J. CLARKE, OF KINGSBURG, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TOFRANCIS IVILLIAM FROST, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

HINGE FOR swmome SA-SHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,405, dated March 8,1898. Application filed June 26, 1897. derial No. 642,437. (No model.)

T0 (0% whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. CLARKE, of Kingsburg, in the county ofFresno and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hinges for Swinging Sashes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

This invention relates to windows, and more particularly to that classof windows provided with swinging sashes; and the object of theinvention is to provide asimple hinge of improved form adapted to workin the sash and sash-guide of the frame, so that the working part of thehinge is hidden from view when the sash is closed.

A further object is to provide a removable hinge of the class describedin which the parts are permanently secured together.

lVith these objects in view the invention consists in the novel featuresof construction and in the combination and arrangement of partshereinafterfully described and claimed, and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a sectional plan view of myimproved hinge in position with the sash closed. Fig. 2 is a similarview with the sash swung open. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the hinge.Fig. 4 is a similar view of the frame-bushing in which the hinge works.Fig. 5 is a similar view of the sash-bushing.

A designates the vertical side of the frame, and B and C, respectively,the inner and outer beads which form the sash guide or way. Bushing Dextends backward through an opening formed in frame A, the bushing beingprovided with perforated ears D to rereceive screws for securing it inthe rear wall of the sashway. The entrance to the bushing iscountersunk, as shown at E, and communicating with the lower side of thebushing-opening is slot or depression F, extendfrom end to end of thebushing, the inner portion of the slot or depression being enlarged orwidened, as shown at G.

Bushing 11, secured in sash-rail I, alines with and faces bushing D,being formed with corresponding perforated lugs H to pass screws forsecuring it to the outer edge of the rail. The bushing-barrel extendsentirely through the sash-rail, and on its lower side is slotted fromend to end, as shown at .I, the slot adjacent the head of the bushingbeing formed with offset or depression J.

The hinge proper is of bolt form, and consists of two members K and L,pivoted together at M, the pivot being disposed vertically when thehinge is in operative position to permit of horizontal swingingmovement. Hinge part K, which works in frame-bushing D, is formed withnib K, which passes backward through slot F, and is turned, in adjusting the hinge to operative position, into enlargement G, in which itworks, the nib engaging the end wall of the enlargement and being thusheld from removal. Hinge part L is also formed with nib L in line withnib K and adapted to pass through slot J of bushing H to offset J, whichit snugly fits, thus holding the hinge in operative positon and fromlongitudinaldisplacement. Hinge part L is extended to form handhold O.

The bushings having been properly positioned with their slots alined,the jointed hinge may be readily inserted by passing same inward throughthe sash-rail and into the frame, and hinge-nibs being in line, so as tofreely enter the slot-offsets of the bushings, and the hinge is thenpartially turned to engage the nibs with the slot-offsets, when it willbe in proper operative position. The arrangement is such that when thesash begins to turn in opening hinge part K, which has limitedlongitudinal movement in its bushing, is drawn outward sufficiently tofree 0 the point of pivotal connection of the hinge parts, so that partL, fixed in the sash-rail, may turn thereon in swinging the sash. henthe latter is closed, part K simply moves backward to the position shownin Fig. 1.

The hinge is extremely simple and cheap of construction. The bushingsand the major portion of the jointed hinge are hidden from view when thesash is closed and need not be expensively finished or even polished.The 100 hinge part may be conveniently positioned, the en trance tobushing D being countersunk, so as to guide the hinge end to properplace, and may be as conveniently removed. It

is adapted for use in windows where the sashes have only swing movementand also where it is desired to swing vertically-moving-sashes, thehinge-bolts when removed being entirely out of the way in sliding thesashes, and the bushings in no way interfere with such movement.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved hinge, including fixed and swinging bushings, and ajointed bolt movable longitudinally in the bushings and interlockingtherewith against said movement when partially rotated, substantially asshown and described.

2. An improved hinge consisting of a jointed bolt, bushing D adapted tobe fixed and formed with longitudinal slot or depression F havingenlargement G, one joint of the bolt being formed with a nib to enterdepression F and be turned into enlargement G where it has limitedlongitudinal movement, and a device for securing the other joint of thebolt to a swinging object, substantially as shown and described.

3. An improved hinge consisting of a jointed bolt having one jointformed with anib, bushing H adapted to be secured to a swinging objectand formed with longitudinal slot or depression having enlargement J,the nib of the bolt being adapted to pass through depression J and enterenlargement J to hold the bolt fixed to the bushing, and a device forsecuring the other joint of the bolt to a fixed obj eot or support,substantially as shown and described. I

4. An improved hinge consisting of a jointed bolt having alined nibs,bushings D and H adapted to be fixed to a support and a swinging objectrespectively, the bushings being formed with alined depressions to passthe nibs of the bolt, said depressions having lateral enlargements toaccommodate the nibs with the bolt in operative position, one of thelateral enlargements being elongated to afford the bolt limitedlongitudinal movement, for the purpose, substantially as herein shownand described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. CLARKE. Witnesses:

A. A. SMITH, O. H. RosENDAHL.

